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THIRD MEETING OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL
NEGOTIATING BODY TO DRAFT AND NEGOTIATE

A WHO CONVENTION, AGREEMENT OR OTHER
INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENT ON PANDEMIC
PREVENTION, PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE A/INB/3/3
Provisional agenda item 2 25 November 2022
Conceptual zero draft for the consideration of

the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body
at its third meeting
This conceptual zero draft was developed by the Bureau of the Intergovernmental
Negotiating Body and reflects input from five sources, as set out in the section on
page 3 entitled “Background, Methodology and Approach”. The conceptual zero draft
is presented as a bridge between the working draft and the future zero draft of the
WHO CA+. It is not a draft of the WHO CA+.
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1. The Parties [shall]/[should] adopt a whole-of-government approach for pandemic prevention,

preparedness, response and recovery of health systems.
2. Towards this end, each Party [shall]/[should] endeavour to:
(a) Collaborate, including with nongovernmental organizations, the private sector and civil
society, through an all-encompassing whole-of-government, multistakeholder, multi-
disciplinary approach.
(i) Measures to develop, through a whole-of-government and multisectoral
collaboration, plans that facilitate rapid and equitable restoration of public health
capacities following a pandemic;
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BACKGROUND, METHODOLOGY AND APPROACH
Background
At its second special session in December 2021, the World Health Assembly established an
Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) open to all Member States and Associate Members (and regional
economic integration organizations as appropriate) to draft and negotiate a WHO convention, agreement or other
international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, with a view to its adoption under
Article 19, or other provisions of the WHO Constitution as deemed appropriate by the INB; see decision SSA2(5)
(2021), paragraph (1).
In furtherance of the above mandate, at its second meeting, the INB agreed that the instrument should be
legally binding and contain both legally binding as well as non-legally binding elements. In that regard, the INB
identified Article 19 of the WHO Constitution as the comprehensive provision under which the instrument should
be adopted, without prejudice to also considering as work progressed, the suitability of Article 21. At its second
meeting, the INB requested the Bureau to develop a conceptual zero draft of the instrument for discussion at the third
meeting of the INB.
Accordingly, the Bureau has prepared a conceptual zero draft for consideration by the INB at its third meeting.
Methodology and approach

The INB requested the Bureau to develop a conceptual zero draft that reflected the following inputs:
• Comments from the second meeting of the INB;

• Written inputs on the working draft from Member States (30), regional submissions (2), and relevant
stakeholders (36);
• Input from regional consultations organized during the six regional committee meetings in 2022;
• Outcomes from the four informal focused consultations held by the INB Bureau during the intersessional
period between the second and third INB meetings, which addressed the following topics: legal matters;
operationalizing and achieving equity; intellectual property, and production and transfer of technology and
know-how; and One Health in the context of strengthening pandemic prevention, preparedness and
response, with reference to antimicrobial resistance, climate change and zoonoses; and
• Outcomes from the second round of public hearings, conducted in September 2022, by the WHO
Secretariat to support the work of the INB.
In preparing a conceptual zero draft, the Bureau started by integrating the above-mentioned input into the
working draft (document A/INB/2/3) as a basis for developing the conceptual zero draft. Consistent with the requests
made by Member States during the second meeting of the INB, the Bureau then consolidated the text to reduce
overlaps and duplication and increase coherence, including through streamlining and grouping similar topics. In this
process:
• The topic of “recovery” was added insofar as it relates to the recovery of health systems from a pandemic;
• Areas covered by the International Health Regulations (2005) were removed;
• Reordering and grouping of similar areas/concepts was carried out, including deletion of duplications and
repetitions;
• Mindful of the identification, at the second meeting of the INB, of Article 19 of the WHO Constitution as
the comprehensive provision under which the instrument should be adopted, without prejudice to also
considering, as work progressed, the suitability of Article 21, potential, non-exclusive, indicative text is
provided in Chapters VII and VIII, for consideration in that regard, based on the approach of an instrument
under Article 19 of the WHO Constitution, and with reference to existing international instruments,
particularly within the WHO framework.
Similar to the working draft, this conceptual zero draft is provided as a flexible, “living” document, with a
view to moving it towards a zero draft. This process will be informed by Member States’ discussions during the third
meeting of the INB.
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Contents
Preamble .................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Vision ................................................................................................................................................................ 10
Chapter I. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 11
Article 1. Definitions and use of terms ................................................................................................................... 11
Article 2. Relationship with international agreements and instruments .................................................................. 11
Chapter II. Objective(s), principles and scope .......................................................................................................... 11
Article 3. Objective(s) ............................................................................................................................................ 11
Article 4. Principles ................................................................................................................................................ 12
Article 5. Scope ...................................................................................................................................................... 14
Chapter III. Achieving equity in, for and through pandemic prevention,
preparedness, response and recovery of health systems.......................................................................... 14
Article 6. Global supply chain and logistics network ............................................................................................. 14
Article 7. Access to technology: promoting sustainable and equitably distributed production and transfer of
technology and know-how ..................................................................................................................... 15
Article 8. Increase research and development capacities ........................................................................................ 16
Article 9. Fair, equitable and timely access and benefit-sharing ............................................................................. 18
Chapter IV. Strengthening and sustaining capacities for pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and recovery
of health systems .................................................................................................................................... 19
Article 10. Strengthening and sustaining preparedness and health systems’ resilience ............................................ 19
Article 11. Strengthening and sustaining a skilled and competent health workforce ................................................ 20
Article 12. Preparedness monitoring, simulation exercises and peer reviews ........................................................... 21
Chapter V. Pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and health system recovery coordination, collaboration,
and cooperation....................................................................................................................................... 22
Article 13. Coordination, collaboration and cooperation .......................................................................................... 22
Article 14. Whole-of-government and other multisectoral actions ........................................................................... 22
Article 15. Community engagement and whole-of-society actions .......................................................................... 23
Article 16. Strengthening pandemic and public health literacy ................................................................................ 24
Article 17. One Health .............................................................................................................................................. 24
Chapter VI. Financing ................................................................................................................................................ 25
Article 18. Sustainable and predictable financing..................................................................................................... 25
Chapter VII. Institutional arrangements....................................................................................................................... 26
Article 19. Governing body for the WHO CA+........................................................................................................ 26
Article 20. Oversight mechanisms for the WHO CA+ ............................................................................................. 27
Article 21. Assessment and review ........................................................................................................................... 28
Article 22. Financial mechanisms and resources to support WHO CA+ .................................................................. 28
Chapter VIII. Final provisions ...................................................................................................................................... 28
Article 23. Reservations............................................................................................................................................ 28
Article 24. Withdrawal ............................................................................................................................................. 28
Article 25. Right to vote ........................................................................................................................................... 29
Article 26. Amendments to the WHO CA+ .............................................................................................................. 29
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Article 27. Adoption and amendment of annexes to the WHO CA+ ........................................................................ 29
Article 28. Protocols to the WHO CA+..................................................................................................................... 30
Article 29. Signature ................................................................................................................................................. 30
Article 30. Ratification, acceptance, approval, formal confirmation or accession .................................................... 30
Article 31. Entry into force ....................................................................................................................................... 31
Article 32. Provisional application ............................................................................................................................ 31
Article 33. Settlement of disputes ............................................................................................................................. 31
Article 34. Depository ............................................................................................................................................... 32
Article 35. Authentic texts ........................................................................................................................................ 32
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CONCEPTUAL ZERO DRAFT FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE

INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATING BODY AT ITS THIRD MEETING
Preamble 1
1. Reaffirming the principle of sovereignty of States Parties in addressing public health matters,
notably pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and health systems recovery;
2. Recognizing the critical role of international cooperation and obligations for States to act in
accordance with international law, including to respect, protect and promote human rights;
3. Recognizing that all lives have equal value, and that therefore equity should be a principle, an
indicator and an outcome of pandemic prevention, preparedness and response;
4. Recalling the preamble to the Constitution of the World Health Organization, which states that
the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every
human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition, and that
unequal development in different countries in the promotion of health and control of disease, especially
communicable disease, is a common danger;
5. Noting that a pandemic situation is extraordinary in nature, requiring States Parties to prioritize
effective and enhanced cooperation with development partners and other relevant stakeholders to
address extraordinary challenges;
6. Recognizing that the international spread of disease is a global threat with serious consequences
for public health, human lives, livelihoods, societies and economies that calls for the widest possible
international cooperation and participation of all countries and relevant stakeholders in an effective,
coordinated, appropriate and comprehensive international response;
7. Recalling the International Health Regulations (2005) of the World Health Organization and the
role of States Parties and other stakeholders in preventing, protecting against, controlling and providing
a public health response to the international spread of disease in ways that are commensurate with, and
restricted to, public health risks, and which avoid unnecessary interference with international traffic and
trade;
8. Recognizing that national action plans for pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and
recovery of health systems should take into account all people, including communities and persons in
vulnerable situations, places and ecosystems;
9. Recognizing that the threat of pandemics is a reality and that pandemics have catastrophic health,
social, economic and political consequences, especially for persons in vulnerable situations, pandemic
prevention, preparedness, response and recovery of the health system must be systemically integrated
into whole-of-government and whole-of-society approaches, to ensure adequate political commitment,
resourcing and attention across sectors, and thereby break the cycle of “panic and neglect”;
10. Reflecting on the lessons learned from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and other outbreaks with
global and regional impact, including, inter alia, HIV, Ebola virus disease, Zika virus disease, Middle
1 The Bureau proposes, consistent with Member State submissions, that the preambular section be discussed at the
appropriate point in the negotiations.
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East respiratory syndrome and monkeypox, and with a view to addressing and closing gaps and
improving future response;
11. Recognizing that urban settings are especially vulnerable to infectious diseases and epidemics,
and the important role that communities have in preventing, preparing for and responding to health
emergencies;
12. Noting with concern that the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed serious shortcomings in
preparedness – especially at city and urban levels – for timely and effective prevention and detection of,
as well as response to, potential health emergencies, indicating the need to better prepare for future
health emergencies;
13. Noting that women comprise more than 70% of the global health care workforce and an even
higher proportion of the informal health workforce, and during the COVID-19 response were
disproportionately impacted by the burden of pandemics, notably on health workers;
14. Reaffirming the importance of diverse, gender-balanced and equitable representation and
expertise in pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and health system recovery decision-making,
as well as in the design and implementation of activities;
15. Expressing concern that those affected by conflict and insecurity are particularly at risk of being
left behind during pandemics;
16. Recognizing the synergies between multisectoral collaboration – through whole-of-government

and whole-of-society approaches at the country and community level – and international, regional and
cross-regional collaboration, coordination and global solidarity, and their importance to achieving
sustainable improvements in pandemic prevention, preparedness and effective response;
17. Acknowledging that the repercussions of pandemics, beyond health and mortality, on
socioeconomic impacts in a broad array of sectors, including economic growth, employment, trade,
transport, gender inequality, food insecurity, education, environment and culture, require a multisectoral
whole-of-society approach to pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and recovery of the health
system;
18. Acknowledging the impacts of determinants of health across different sectors and communities on
the vulnerability of communities, especially persons in vulnerable situations, to the spread of pathogens
and the evolution of an outbreak;
19. Underscoring that multilateral and regional cooperation and good governance are essential to
prevent, prepare for, respond to, and the recovery of health systems from, pandemics that by definition
know no borders and require collective action and solidarity;
20. Emphasizing that policies and interventions on pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and
recovery of health systems should be supported by the best available scientific evidence and adapted to
take into account resources and capacities at subnational and national levels;
21. Reaffirming the importance of access to timely information, as well as efficient risk
communication that manages to counteract the pandemic;
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22. Understanding that most emerging infectious diseases originate in animals, including wildlife and
domestic animals, then spill over to people;
23. Recognizing the importance of working synergistically with other relevant areas, under a One
Health Approach, as well as the importance and public health impact of growing possible drivers of
pandemics, which need to be addressed as a means of preventing future pandemics and protecting public
health;
24. Noting that antimicrobial resistance is often described as a silent pandemic and that it could be an
aggravating factor during a pandemic;
25. Reaffirming the importance of a One Health approach and the need for synergies between
multisectoral and cross-sectoral collaboration at national, regional and international levels to safeguard
human health, detect and prevent health threats at the animal and human interface, in particular zoonotic
spill-over and mutations, and sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals and
ecosystems, and, in this respect, acknowledging the creation of the Quadripartite, (WHO, the Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) and the United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)) to better address any One Health-related issue;
26. Reiterating the need to work towards building and strengthening resilient health systems to
advance universal health coverage, as an essential foundation for effective pandemic prevention,
preparedness, response and recovery of health systems, and to adopt an equitable approach to
prevention, preparedness, response and recovery activities, including to mitigate the risk that pandemics
exacerbate existing inequities in access to services;
27. Recognizing that health is a precondition for, and an outcome and indicator of, the social,
economic and environmental dimensions of sustainable development and the implementation of the
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
28. Recognizing that pandemics have a disproportionately heavy impact on frontline workers, notably
health workers, the poor and persons in vulnerable situations, with repercussions on health and
development gains, in particular in developing countries, thus hampering the achievement of universal
health coverage and the Sustainable Development Goals, with their shared commitment to leave no one
behind;
29. Recognizing the need to enhance global solidarity and effective global coordination, as well as
accountability and transparency, to avoid serious negative impacts of public health threats with
pandemic potential, especially on countries with limited capacities and resources;
30. Acknowledging that there are significant differences in countries’ capacities to prevent, prepare
for, respond to, and recover from pandemics;
31. Deeply concerned by the gross inequities that hindered timely access to medical and other
COVID-19 pandemic response products, notably vaccines, oxygen supplies, personal protective
equipment, diagnostics and therapeutics;
32. Reiterating the determination to achieve health equity through resolute action on social,
environmental, cultural, political and economic determinants of health, such as eradicating hunger and
poverty, ensuring access to health and proper food, safe drinking water and sanitation, employment and
decent work and social protection in a comprehensive intersectoral approach;
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33. Emphasizing that in order to make health for all a reality, individuals and communities need:
equitable access to high quality health services without financial hardship; well trained, skilled health
workers providing quality, people-centred care; and committed policymakers with adequate investment
in health to achieve universal health coverage;
34. Emphasizing that improving pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and recovery of health
systems relies on a commitment to mutual accountability, transparency and common but differentiated
responsibility by all States Parties and relevant stakeholders;
35. Recalling the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health of 2001 and
reiterating that the TRIPS Agreement does not and should not prevent Members from taking measures
to protect public health;
36. Reaffirming that the TRIPS Agreement can and should be interpreted and implemented in a
manner supportive of WTO Members' right to protect public health, and, in particular, to promote access
to medicines for all;
37. Reaffirming that WTO Members have the right to use, to the full, the TRIPS Agreement and the
Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health of 2001, which provide flexibility to
protect public health including in future pandemics;
38. [Proposal: Recognizing that protection of intellectual property rights is important for the
development of new medical products, but also recognizing concerns about its effects on prices, as well
as noting discussions/deliberations in relevant international organizations on, for instance, innovative
options to enhance the global effort towards the production of, timely and equitable access to, and
distribution of health technologies and know-how, by means that include local production;]
[38. Proposal: Recognizing that protection of intellectual property rights is important for the
development of new medicines, and also recognizing concerns about the negative effect on prices
and on the production of, timely and equitable access to, and distribution of vaccines, treatments,
diagnostics and health technologies and know-how;]
[38. Proposal: Recognizing that intellectual property protection is important for the development
of new medicines, and also recognizing concerns about its effect on prices, as well as noting
discussions on enhancing global efforts towards the production of, timely and equitable access to,
and distribution of health technologies and products;]
[38. Proposal: Recognizing the concerns that intellectual property on life-saving medical
technologies continue to pose threat and barriers to the full realization of the right to health and
to scientific progress for all, particularly the effect on prices, which limits access options and
impedes independent local production and supplies, as well as noting structural flaws in the
institutional and operational arrangements in the global response to the COVID 19 pandemic, and
the need to establish a future pandemic prevention, preparedness and response mechanism that is
not based on a charity model;]
39. [Proposal: Reaffirming the flexibilities and safeguards contained in the Agreement on Trade-
Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and their importance for removing barriers to production
of, and access to, pandemic response products, as well as sustainable supply-chains for their equitable
distribution, while also recognizing the need for sustainable mechanisms to support transfer of
technology and know-how to support the same;]
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[39. Proposal: Reaffirming the flexibilities and safeguards contained in the Agreement on Trade
Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and their importance for ensuring access to
technologies, knowledge and full transfer of technology and know-how for production and supply
of pandemic response products, as well as their equitable distribution;]
40. Recalling resolution WHA61.21 (2008) on the global strategy and plan of action on public health,
innovation and intellectual property, which lays out a road map for a global research and development
system supportive of access to appropriate and affordable medical countermeasures, including those
needed in a pandemic;
41. Recognizing that publicly funded research and development plays an important role in the
development of pandemic response products, and, as such, requires conditionalities;
42. Underscoring the importance of promoting early, safe, transparent and rapid sharing of samples
and genetic sequence data of pathogens, as well as the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising
therefrom, taking into account relevant national and international laws, regulations, obligations and
frameworks, including the International Health Regulations (2005), the Convention on Biological
Diversity and its Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing
of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the Pandemic
Influenza Preparedness Framework, and also mindful of the work being undertaken in other relevant
areas and by other United Nations and multilateral organizations or agencies;
43. Recognizing the central role of WHO in pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and
recovery of health systems as the directing and coordinating authority on international health work, and
in convening and generating scientific evidence, and, more generally, fostering multilateral cooperation
in global health governance;
44. Acknowledging that pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and recovery of health systems
at all levels and in all sectors, particularly in developing countries, require predictable, sustainable and
sufficient financial, human, logistical and technical resources.
Vision
The WHO CA+ 1 aims to protect present and future generations from pandemics and their
devastating consequences, and to advance the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health for
all peoples, on the basis of equity, human rights and solidarity, with a view to achieving universal health
coverage, and recognizing the sovereign rights of countries and respect for their national context, as well
as the differences in capacities and levels of development among them, through the fullest national and
international cooperation in order to strengthen capacities to prevent, prepare for and respond to
pandemics, with unhindered, timely and equitable access to pandemic response products, and resilient
health systems recovery.
1 WHO CA+: At its second meeting in July 2022, the INB identified that Article 19 of the WHO Constitution is the
comprehensive provision under which the instrument should be adopted, without prejudice to also considering, as work
progressed, the suitability of Article 21.
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Chapter I. Introduction
Article 1. Definitions and use of terms

To be developed: This article would define or explain, as appropriate, all relevant terms and
phrases, for example, technical terms, institutions, organizations and other terms, for the purposes of
this WHO CA+.
Article 2. Relationship with international agreements and instruments

(1) The Parties recognize that the WHO CA+ and other relevant international instruments
should be interpreted so as to be complementary and synergistic. The provisions of the WHO CA+ shall
not affect the rights and obligations of any Party deriving from other existing international instruments
and shall respect the competencies of other organizations and treaty bodies.
(2) In furtherance of the foregoing, it is expressly noted that the WHO CA+ is developed to be
consistent with the Charter of the United Nations and the Constitution of WHO, and to be
complementary and synergistic with the International Health Regulations (2005) (and any later editions).
In that regard, reference is made to Article 57 of the International Health Regulations (2005)
(IHR (2005)), pursuant to which States Parties recognize that the IHR (2005) and other relevant
international agreements should be interpreted so as to be compatible.
(3) In the event that any part of the WHO CA+ addresses areas or activities that may bear on
the field of competence of other organizations or treaty bodies, appropriate steps will be taken to avoid
duplication and promote synergies, compatibility and coherence, with a common goal of strengthened
pandemic preparedness, prevention and response.
(4) The provisions of the WHO CA+ shall in no way affect the right of Parties to enter into
bilateral or multilateral instruments, including regional or subregional instruments, on issues relevant or
additional to the WHO CA+, provided that such instruments are compatible with, and do not conflict
with, their obligations under the WHO CA+. The Parties concerned shall communicate such instruments
through the Governing Body for the WHO CA+.
For the purpose of this Article, the term “WHO CA+” includes the WHO CA+ and any protocols
thereto, as well as annexes, guidelines and other related instruments as the Parties may deem integral to
the WHA CA+, whether presently existing or established at a later date, established under the
WHO CA+.
Chapter II. Objective(s), principles and scope
Article 3. Objective(s)
The objective of the WHO CA+, guided by the vision and principles set out therein, is to save
lives and protect livelihoods, through strengthening, proactively, the world’s capacities for preventing,
preparing for and responding to, and recovery of health systems from pandemics. The WHO CA+ aims
to address systemic gaps and challenges that exist in these areas, at national, regional and international
levels, through substantially reducing the risk of pandemics, increasing pandemic preparedness and
response capacities, and ensuring coordinated, collaborative and evidence-based pandemic response and
resilient recovery of health systems.
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Article 4. Principles
To achieve the objective(s) of the WHO CA+ and to implement its provisions, the Parties will be
guided, as applicable by the context, inter alia, by the principles set out below:
1. Respect for human rights – The implementation of the WHO CA+ shall be with full respect for
the dignity, human rights and fundamental freedoms of persons, and each Party shall protect and
promote such freedoms.
2. The right to health – The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health, defined as a
state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, is one of the fundamental rights of every human
being without distinction of age, race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition.
3. Sovereignty – States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the
principles of international law, the sovereign right to determine and manage their approach to public
health, notably pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and recovery of health systems pursuant
to their own policies and legislation provided that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not
cause damage to other States and their peoples. Sovereignty also covers the rights of States over their
biological resources.
4. Equity – An effective response to pandemics requires ensuring fair, equitable and timely access
to affordable, safe and efficacious pandemic response products, among and within countries, including
between groups of people irrespective of their social or economic status.
5. Solidarity – The effective prevention of, preparedness for, and response to, pandemics require
national, international, multilateral, bilateral, and multisectoral collaboration, coordination and
cooperation in order to achieve a fairer, more equitable and better prepared world.
6. Transparency – The effective prevention of, preparedness for, and response to, pandemics
depends on transparent and timely sharing of information, data and other elements at all levels, notably
through a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach, based on, and guided by, the best-
available scientific evidence, consistent with national, regional and international privacy and data
protection rules, regulations and laws.
7. Accountability – Countries are responsible and accountable for strengthening and sustaining
their health systems’ capacities and public health functions to provide adequate health and social
measures by adopting and implementing legislative, executive, administrative and other measures for
fair, equitable, effective and timely pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and recovery of health
systems. All Parties [shall] / [should] cooperate with other States and relevant international
organizations, with particular reference to entities at the frontline of humanitarian settings and fragile
and conflict-affected areas, in order to collectively strengthen, support and sustain capacities for global
prevention, preparedness, response and recovery of health systems.
8. Common but differentiated responsibilities and capabilities in pandemic prevention,

preparedness, response and recovery of health systems – Full consideration and prioritization are
required of the specific needs and special circumstances of developing country Parties, especially those
that (i) are particularly vulnerable to adverse effects of pandemics; (ii) do not have adequate capacities
to respond to pandemics; and (iii) would have to bear a disproportionate or abnormal burden.
9. Inclusiveness – The active engagement with, and participation of, all relevant stakeholders and
partners across all levels, consistent with relevant and applicable international and national guidelines,
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rules and regulations (including those relating to conflicts of interest), is fundamental for mobilizing
resources and capacities to support pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and health systems
recovery.
10. Community engagement – Full engagement by communities in prevention, preparedness,

response and recovery of health systems is essential to mobilize social capital, resources, adherence to
public health and social measures, and to gain trust in government.
11. Gender equality – Pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and recovery of health systems
will be guided by the aim of equal participation and leadership of men and women in decision-making
with a particular focus on gender equality, taking into account the specific needs of all women and girls,
using a country-driven, gender responsive/transformative, participatory and fully transparent approach.
12. Non-discrimination and respect for diversity – All individuals should have fair, equitable and
timely access to pandemic response products and health services, without fear of discrimination or
distinction based on race, religion, political belief or economic or social condition.
13. Rights of individuals and groups at higher risk and in vulnerable situations – Nationally
determined and prioritized actions, including support, will take into account communities and persons
in vulnerable situations, places and ecosystems. Indigenous peoples, refugees, migrants, asylum seekers,
and stateless persons, persons in humanitarian settings and fragile contexts, marginalized communities,
older people, persons with disabilities, persons with health conditions, pregnant women, infants,
children and adolescents, for example, are particularly impacted by pandemics, owing to social and
economic inequities, as well as legal and regulatory barriers, that may prevent them from accessing
health services.
14. One Health – Multisectoral actions should recognize the importance of a coherent, integrated
and unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals and
ecosystems, including through, but not limited to, attention to the prevention of epidemics due to
pathogens resistant to antimicrobial agents.
15. Universal health coverage – The WHO CA+ will be guided by the aim of achieving universal
health coverage, for which strong and resilient health systems are of key importance, as a fundamental
aspect of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through promoting health and well-being for all
at all ages.
16. Science and evidence-informed decisions – Science, evidence and findable, accessible,
interoperable and reusable (FAIR) data should inform all public health decisions and the development
and implementation of guidance for pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and recovery of health
systems.
17. Central role of WHO – As the directing and coordinating authority in global health, and the
leader of multilateral cooperation in global health governance, WHO is fundamental to strengthening
pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and recovery of health systems.
18. Proportionality – Due consideration should be given, including through continuous policy
evaluation, to ensuring that the impacts of measures aimed at preventing, preparing for and responding
to pandemics are proportionate to their intended objectives.
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Article 5. Scope
The WHO CA+ applies to pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and health systems
recovery at national, regional and international levels.
Chapter III. Achieving equity in, for and through pandemic prevention, preparedness,
response and recovery of health systems
Article 6. Global supply chain and logistics network

1. The Parties [shall]/[should] build and sustain an equitable, transparent, rapid, resourced,
coordinated, uninterrupted and reliable global supply chain and logistics network for pandemic response
products.
2. Towards this end, each Party [shall]/[should]:
(a) Ensure a concerted and coordinated approach to the availability and distribution of, and
equitable access to, pandemic response products, by means that include:
(i) measures that leverage well-established and proven systems, processes and
mechanisms, notably the supply chain and logistics experience from across the United
Nations system, mindful of the need to build on respective strengths
(ii) measures to promote and encourage transparency in cost and pricing of pandemic
response products, including development, production and distribution costs
(iii) measures to safeguard the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality,

impartiality and independence, and to facilitate the unimpeded access of humanitarian staff
and cargo
(b) Prioritize and coordinate country requests for essential supplies based on public health
needs and updated national action plans for pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and
recovery of health systems;
(c) Enhance countries’ and regional logistical capacities to establish and maintain strategic
stockpiles of pandemic response products;
(d) Allocate supplies, raw materials and other necessary inputs for sustainable production
of pandemic response products (especially active pharmaceutical ingredients) including for
stockpiling purposes, through the most efficient multilateral and regional purchasing mechanisms,
including pooled mechanisms and in-kind contributions, based on public health needs, by means
that include:
(i) measures that address the restriction of distribution of pandemic response products
(e) Establish and operationalize international consolidation hubs, as well as regional staging
areas, to ensure that transport of supplies is streamlined and uses the most appropriate means for
the products concerned.
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Article 7. Access to technology: promoting sustainable and equitably distributed

production and transfer of technology and know-how
1. The Parties [shall]/[should] develop multilateral mechanisms, particularly during inter-pandemic
times, that promote and provide relevant transfer of technology and know-how, in a manner consistent
with international legal frameworks, to potential manufacturers in developing countries/all regions to
increase and strengthen regional and global manufacturing capacity.
(a) Strengthen local capacity, particularly in developing countries and regional groups, to
manufacture pandemic response products through transfer of technology and know-how in order
to ensure rapid and equitable access to adequate global supplies that meet surge demand, including
by encouraging innovative options, by means that include:
(i) measures to strengthen coordination, including trilateral cooperation among the

World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization and the World Intellectual
Property Organization, as well as other relevant United Nations agencies, on issues related
to public health, intellectual property and trade, including timely matching of supply to
demand, and mapping manufacturing capacities and demand
(ii) innovative mechanisms and incentives to promote transfer of technology and know-
how, including through technology transfer hubs and product development partnerships,
and to address the short timeframe in which new pandemic response products are developed
and needed, by means that include:
(a) measures to incentivise the development of pandemic response products,

including incentives targeted at developing countries
(iii) measures to encourage, incentivize, and facilitate participation of private-sector

entities in voluntary transfer of technology and know-how through collaborative initiatives
and multilateral mechanisms
(iv) measures to support time-bound waivers of protection of intellectual property rights

that are a barrier to manufacturing of pandemic response products during pandemics
(v) measures to fully reflect the flexibilities provided in the TRIPS Agreement,
including those recognized in the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public
Health and in Articles 27, 30 (including the research exception and “Bolar” provision),
31 and 31bis of the TRIPS Agreement
(vi) measures to ensure an available, skilled and trained manufacturing workforce that is
ready to support local production, through scaling up of training and capacity of training
institutions, upon request
(b) Bolster and strengthen national, and, where appropriate, regional regulatory authorities’
capacities, to prepare for and accelerate emergency licensing and approval procedures, grounded
in evidence-based procedures and evaluation, to allow for the timely availability of essential
pandemic response products, by means that include:
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(i) measures to build and strengthen the capacity of regulatory authorities and increase
the harmonization of regulatory requirements at the international and regional level,
including through mutual recognition agreements
(ii) measures to build and strengthen country regulatory capacities for timely approval
of products for pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and recovery of health
systems
(iii) measures to accelerate the process of licensing and approving pandemic response
products for emergency use in a timely manner, including the sharing of regulatory dossiers
(iv) measures to monitor and regulate against sub-standard and falsified pandemic
response products, through existing Member State mechanisms.
Article 8. Increase research and development capacities

1. The Parties [shall]/[should] build and strengthen capacities and institutions for innovative
research and development, particularly in developing countries, by means that include scientific and
technical cooperation, collaboration and communication, consistent with national and international
biosafety and biosecurity standards, guidelines and regulations. Publicly funded research and
development for pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response [shall]/[should] include conditions
on prices of products, allocation, data sharing and transfer of technology, as appropriate.
(a) Promote and align international, regional and national scientific and technical cooperation
and action in research and the development of technology, by means that include:
(i) measures to strengthen research and development processes and capacities for rapid
and timely development and production, at national, regional and global levels, of
pandemic response products, such as but not limited to, diagnostics, medicines and
vaccines, particularly in developing countries
(ii) measures to encourage the sharing and gradual increase of resources (human and
financial), including from public sources, for research and development of pandemic
response products
(iii) measures to encourage non-State actors, including the private sector, to participate
in and accelerate innovative research and development for novel and resistant pathogens
and emerging and re-emerging diseases with pandemic potential, as well as neglected
tropical diseases
(a) measures to support the collective development and use of principles and
norms and sets of practices that ensure that public financing of research and
development for pandemic response products results in more equitable access and
affordability, including through conditions on distributed manufacturing, licensing,
technology transfer and pricing policies
(b) measures to limit indemnity or confidentiality clauses in commercial

pandemic response product contracts between countries and manufacturers, taking
into account public financing in research and development
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(c) measures to ensure that promoters of research for pandemic response products
assume part of the risk (liability) when the products or supplies are in the research
phase, and that making access to such pandemic response products or supplies
conditional on a waiver of such liability is discouraged
(iv) measures to promote and incentivize technology co-creation and joint venture
initiatives aimed at strengthening research and development capacities, particularly in
developing countries, including through regional hubs or centres of excellence
(v) measures to provide international standards for, and oversight of, as well as reporting
on, laboratories and research facilities that carry out work to genetically alter organisms to
increase their pathogenicity and transmissibility, in order to prevent accidental release of
these pathogens, while ensuring that these measures do not create any unnecessary
administrative hurdles for research
(b) Foster information sharing through open science approaches for rapid sharing of scientific
findings and research results, irrespective of the outcome, by means that include:
(i) measures to promote the dissemination of the results of publicly and

government-funded-research for the development of pandemic response products
(ii) measures to promote and strengthen knowledge translation and evidence

communication tools and strategies at local, national, regional and international levels
(c) Develop strong, resilient national, regional and international clinical research ecosystems,
by means that include:
(i) measures to foster and coordinate national, regional and international high quality
clinical research/trials
(ii) measures to ensure equitable access to investment in clinical trials, so that resources
are deployed optimally and efficiently
(iii) measures to support the transparent and rapid reporting of clinical research/trial
results, to ensure evidence is available in a timely manner to inform national, regional and
international decision-making
(iv) measures related to disclosure of disaggregated information on research and

development and clinical trials of vaccines, diagnostics, pharmaceuticals and other
products relevant to pandemic preparedness and response
(d) Increase the transparency of information about funding for research and development for
pandemic response products, by means that include:
(i) measures related to the disclosure of information on public funding for research and
development of potential pandemic response products and provisions to enhance the
availability and accessibility of the resulting work, including freely available and publicly
accessible publications and public reporting of the relevant patents
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(ii) recommendations to make it compulsory for companies that produce pandemic

response products to disclose prices and contractual terms for public procurement in times
of pandemics.
Article 9. Fair, equitable and timely access and benefit-sharing

1. The Parties [shall]/[should] develop provisions on access and benefit-sharing to promote rapid
and transparent sharing, in a safe and secure manner, of pathogens with pandemic potential and genetic
sequence data on the one hand, and fair and equitable access to benefits arising from such sharing on
the other, by establishing a comprehensive system for access and benefit-sharing, taking into account
relevant elements of the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Nagoya Protocol, including by
building upon or adapting mechanisms and/or principles contained in existing or previous instruments,
such as, but not limited to, the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and
Agriculture and the WHO Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework.
(a) Ensure timely access to affordable, safe, efficacious and effective pandemic response
products, including diagnostics, vaccines, personal protective equipment and therapeutics, by
means that include:
(i) measures to ensure their equitable distribution, in particular to developing countries

according to public health risk and need
(ii) measures to develop national plans that identify priority populations and prioritize
access to pandemic response products by health care workers, other frontline workers and
persons in vulnerable situations, such as, indigenous peoples, refugees, migrants, asylum
seekers and stateless persons, the elderly, persons with disabilities, persons with health
conditions, pregnant women, infants, children and adolescents
(b) Promote and facilitate recognition of the system as a specialized system for access and
benefit-sharing, by means that include:
(i) measures to engage with all relevant actors in the design, development and
implementation of the system for access and benefit-sharing
(ii) commitments to facilitate real-time access by all countries to pandemic response

products, based on public health need
(c) Promote rapid, regular and timely sharing of pathogens, genetic sequence data and
relevant metadata through effective standardized real-time global and regional platforms, by
means that include:
(i) measures to ensure that platforms are standardized, effective, real-time, and promote
findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR) data available to all Parties
(ii) measures to ensure consistency with international legal frameworks, notably those
for collection of patient specimens, material and data
(iii) measures to ensure that laboratories handling pathogens of pandemic potential do so

safely, securely, and in accordance with international best practice guidelines
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(iv) measures to support and enhance biosafety and biosecurity as a prerequisite for
sharing of pathogens and genetic sequence data.
Chapter IV. Strengthening and sustaining capacities for pandemic prevention,

preparedness, response and recovery of health systems
Article 10. Strengthening and sustaining preparedness and health systems’ resilience
1. The Parties [shall]/[should] promote and strengthen resilient health systems for pandemic
(a) Strengthen public health functions for pandemic prevention and preparedness to ensure
robust pandemic response and recovery of health systems, by means that include:
(i) measures to build and reinforce surveillance systems, including One Health,
outbreak investigation and control, through interoperable early warning and alert systems,
across public and private sectors and relevant agencies, notably the Quadripartite, and
consistent with relevant tools, including, but not limited to, the International Health
Regulations (2005)
(ii) measures to build capacities in genomic sequencing, as well as in analysing and

sharing such information, in order to inform risk assessment and trigger rapid response to
public health threats with pandemic potential, including emerging and re-emerging
zoonoses
(iii) measures to develop prevention strategies for epidemic-prone diseases, and

emerging, growing or evolving public health threats with pandemic potential, notably at
the human‒animal‒environment interface
(iv) measures to ensure equitable and affordable access to health technologies to promote
the strengthening of national health systems and mitigate social inequalities
(b) Strengthen public health capacities to ensure availability of quality routine health
services, including immunization, during pandemics, and continuity of essential health service
provision during the response, notably with a focus on primary health care and community level
interventions, to mitigate the shocks caused by emergencies and prevent the health system from
becoming overwhelmed, by means that include:
(i) measures to ensure continuity of primary health care and universal health coverage
by maintaining the availability of, and timely access to, efficacious, quality, safe, effective,
affordable and equitable health services, including clinical and mental health care
(ii) measures to address the backlog in the diagnosis and treatment of, and interventions
for, other illnesses during pandemics
(c) Ensure recovery and restoration of resilient national health systems through universal
health coverage, including systems for a rapid and scalable response, by means that include:
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(i) measures to strengthen post-emergency health system recovery strategies in order to

share the lessons learned and to improve countries' capacity in prevention, preparation,
surveillance and response
(ii) measures related to resources and training at national level in order to care for
patients with long-term effects from the disease
(d) Strengthen public health laboratory and diagnostic capacities, and national, regional and
global networks, including standards and protocols for public health laboratory biosafety and
biosecurity;
(e) Enhance financial, technical and technological support, assistance and cooperation
among Member States to strengthen health systems consistent with the goal of universal health
coverage;
(f) Develop and sustain up-to-date, universal platforms and technologies for forecasting and
timely information sharing, through appropriate capacities, including building digital health and
data science capacities.
Article 11. Strengthening and sustaining a skilled and competent health workforce
1. The Parties [shall]/[should] strengthen and sustain an adequate, skilled, trained, competent and
committed health workforce, with due protection of their employment, civil and human rights and
well-being, consistent with relevant codes of practice, including at the frontline of pandemic prevention,
preparedness, response and recovery of the health system.
(a) Mobilize and coordinate adequate human, financial and other necessary resources for
affected countries, based on public health need, in order to contain outbreaks and prevent an
escalation of small-scale spread to global proportions;
(b) Strengthen in- and post-service training of adequate numbers of health workers, including
community health workers equipped with public health core competencies, and ensure adequate
laboratory capacity, including for conducting genomic sequencing, through sustainable funding
support, and deployment and retention of a health workforce that can be mobilized for pandemic
response in all settings;
(c) Establish an available, skilled and trained global public health emergency workforce that
is deployable to support affected countries upon request, through scaling up of training and
capacity of training institutions, by means that include:
(i) measures to support the development of a network of training institutions, national

and regional facilities and centres of expertise in order to establish common protocols to
enable more predictable, standardized and systematic response missions and deployment
of surge staff
(d) Provide better opportunities and working environments for health workers, notably
women, to ensure their role and leadership in the health sector, with a view to increasing the
meaningful representation, engagement, participation and empowerment of all health workers,
while addressing discrimination, stigma and inequality and eliminating bias, including unequal
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remuneration, while also noting that women still often face significant barriers to taking
leadership and decision-making roles.
Article 12. Preparedness monitoring, simulation exercises and peer reviews

1. The Parties [shall]/[should] develop and implement effective and efficient monitoring of
pandemic prevention and preparedness, through regular simulation exercises and peer review.
(a) Develop and implement comprehensive, inclusive, multisectoral national pandemic

prevention, preparedness, response and health system recovery strategies;
(b) Map and develop monitoring and evaluation plans for health interventions related to
outbreaks and public health emergencies
(i) measures to ensure dynamic preparedness capacity assessment is undertaken and

national action plans are developed
(ii) measures to develop, incorporate from, or build on, existing global and national
indicators for monitoring prevention and preparedness
(c) Periodically drill the national action plans, through global, regional and national
simulation and tabletop exercises, which include risk and vulnerability mapping;
(i) measures to support Parties, particularly in developing countries, to regularly

conduct simulation exercises to assess readiness and gaps, including logistics and supply
chain management, as well as to plan and implement measures for strengthening and
sustaining preparedness capacity
(ii) measures to support countries to conduct after action reviews of any public health
emergency event in order to identify gaps, share lessons learned, and improve national
pandemic prevention and preparedness
(d) Establish, regularly update and broaden implementation of a global peer review
mechanism to assess national, regional and global preparedness capacities and gaps, by bringing
nations together to support a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach to
strengthening national capacities for pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and health
systems recovery, through technical and financial cooperation, mindful of the need to integrate
available data, and to engage national leadership at the highest level;
(e) Implement the recommendations generated from review mechanisms, including

prioritization of activities for immediate action;
(f) Provide regular reporting, building on existing relevant reporting where possible, on
pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and health systems recovery capacities.
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Chapter V. Pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and health system recovery

coordination, collaboration, and cooperation
Article 13. Coordination, collaboration and cooperation

1. The Parties [shall]/[should] coordinate, collaborate and cooperate, in the spirit of international
solidarity, with other Parties and competent international and regional intergovernmental organizations
and other bodies in the formulation of cost-effective measures, procedures and guidelines for pandemic
(a) Promote global, regional and national political commitment, coordination and leadership
for pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and recovery of the health system, by means
that include establishing appropriate governance arrangements/[good governance principles]
rooted in the Constitution of the World Health Organization;
(b) Support mechanisms that ensure global, regional and national policy decisions are science
and evidence-based, through enhanced coordination, collaboration and sharing of information
among experts, scientific bodies, academic institutions and networks;
(c) Develop policies that are inclusive;
(i) measures to recognize the specific needs of persons in vulnerable situations,

indigenous peoples, and those living in fragile areas, such as small island developing States
facing multiple threats simultaneously
(ii) measures to promote equitable gender, geographical and socioeconomic status,

representation and participation in global and regional decision-making processes, global
networks and technical advisory groups, as well as the participation of youth
(a) measures to gather and analyse data, including data disaggregated by gender,
on the impact of policies on different groups
(d) Promote solidarity with countries that report public health emergencies as an incentive to
facilitate transparency and timely reporting of public health events;
(e) Enhance WHO’s central role as the directing and coordinating authority on international
health work, mindful of the need for coordination with entities in the United Nations system and
other intergovernmental organizations;
(i) facilitate WHO rapid access to outbreak areas, including through the deployment of
expert teams to evaluate and support the response to emerging outbreaks.
Article 14. Whole-of-government and other multisectoral actions

1. The Parties [shall]/[should] adopt a whole-of-government approach to pandemic prevention,
preparedness, response and recovery of health systems.
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(a) Collaborate, including with non-State actors, the private sector and civil society, through
an all-encompassing whole-of-government, multistakeholder, multi-disciplinary and multi-
level approach, by means that include:
(i) measures to develop, through whole-of-government and multisectoral collaboration,

plans that strengthen pandemic preparedness, prevention, response capacities and which
facilitate rapid and equitable restoration of public health capacities following a pandemic
(b) Tackle the social, environmental and economic determinants of health that contribute to
the emergence and spread of pandemics, and prevent or mitigate the socioeconomic impacts of
pandemics, including but not limited to, those affecting economic growth, the environment,
employment, trade, transport, gender equality, education, social assistance, housing, food
insecurity, nutrition and culture, and especially for persons in vulnerable situations;
(c) Support timely and scalable mobilization of multi-disciplinary surge capacity of human
and financial resources and facilitate timely allocation of resources to the frontline pandemic
response;
(d) Strengthen national public health and social policies to facilitate a rapid, resilient
response, especially for persons in vulnerable situations.
Article 15. Community engagement and whole-of-society actions

1. Recognizing that pandemics begin and end in communities, for effective pandemic prevention,
preparedness, response and recovery of health systems, the Parties [shall]/[should] promote, empower
and strengthen the engagement/participation of communities to ensure their ownership of, and
contribution to, community readiness and resilience, including public health and social measures.
(a) Engage with communities, civil society, academia and non-State actors, including the
private sector, as part of a whole-of-society approach to pandemic prevention, preparedness,
response and recovery of health systems;
(b) Promote science and evidence-based/informed effective and timely risk assessment,
including the uncertainty of data when communicating such risk to the public;
(c) Mobilize social capital in communities for mutual support, especially to persons in
vulnerable situations;
(d) Promote two-way engagement of civil society, communities and non-State actors,
including the private sector, as part of a whole-of-society response that involves communities in
decision making and uses feedback mechanisms;
(e) Establish or reinforce and adequately finance an effective national coordinating

multisectoral mechanism with meaningful representation, engagement, participation and
empowerment of communities, for pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and recovery of
health systems.
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Article 16. Strengthening pandemic and public health literacy

1. The Parties [shall]/[should] increase science, public health and pandemic literacy, as well as
access to information on pandemics and their effects, and tackle false, misleading, misinformation or
disinformation, including through promotion of international cooperation.
(a) Inform the public, communicate risk and manage infodemics through effective channels,
including social media;
(b) Conduct regular social media analysis to identify and understand misinformation, and
design communications and messaging to the public to counteract misinformation,
disinformation and false news;
(c) Foster health, science and media literacy, and promote communications on scientific,
engineering and technological advances relevant to the development and implementation of
international rules and guidelines for pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and recovery
of health systems;
(d) Promote and facilitate, at all appropriate levels, in accordance with national laws and
regulations, development and implementation of educational and public awareness
programmes on pandemics and their effects;
(e) Strengthen public trust and counter misinformation and disinformation, including
through providing timely, simple, clear, coherent, accurate, transparent and effective global and
national communications, based on science and evidence, promoting media literacy and ethical
professional journalism, and strengthening research on misinformation and disinformation and its
relationship to public trust in order to inform policies;
(f) Strengthen research into the behavioural barriers and drivers of adherence to public
health measures, confidence and uptake of vaccines, use of therapeutics and trust in science and
government institutions.
Article 17. One Health

1. In the context of pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and recovery of health systems,
the Parties [shall]/[should] promote and enhance synergies between multisectoral collaboration at
national level and cooperation at the international level, in order to safeguard human health and detect
and prevent health threats at the interface between animal, human and environment ecosystems, while
recognizing their interdependence.
(a) Promote and implement a One Health approach that is coherent, coordinated and
collaborative among all relevant actors, existing instruments and initiatives, by means that
include:
(i) measures to identify and integrate into relevant pandemic prevention and
preparedness plans, drivers for the emergence of disease at the human–animal–
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environment interface, including but not limited to climate change, land use change,
wildlife trade, desertification and antimicrobial resistance;
(b) Implement actions to prevent pandemics from pathogens resistant to antimicrobial

agents, taking into account relevant tools and guidelines, through a One Health approach, and
collaborate with relevant partners, including the Quadripartite;
(c) Strengthen multisectoral, coordinated, interoperable, integrated One Health surveillance

systems to minimize spill-over events and mutations and prevent small scale outbreaks in wildlife
or domesticated livestock from becoming a pandemic, by means that include:
(i) measures to ensure that actions at national and community levels encompass whole-
of-government and whole-of-society perspectives, including engagement of communities
in surveillance that identifies zoonotic outbreaks and antimicrobial resistance
(d) Develop and implement a national One Health Action Plan on antimicrobial resistance
which improves antimicrobial stewardship in the human and animal sectors; optimizes
consumption; increases investment in, and promotes equitable and affordable access to, new
medicines, diagnostic tools, vaccines and other interventions; strengthens infection prevention
and control in health care settings; and provides technical support to developing countries;
(e) Enhance the surveillance and reporting of antimicrobial resistance in human, livestock
and aquaculture of pathogens which have pandemic potential, building on the existing global
reporting systems;
(f) Regularly assess One Health capacities, insofar as they relate to pandemic prevention,
preparedness, response and recovery of health systems, to identify gaps, policies and the funding
needed to strengthen those capacities;
(g) Strengthen synergies with other existing relevant instruments which address the drivers
of pandemics, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation and increased
risks at the animal–human–environment interface due to human activities;
(h) Take the One Health approach into account at national, subnational and facility levels in
order to produce science-based evidence, and support, facilitate and/or oversee the correct,
evidence-based and risk-informed implementation of infection prevention and control.
Chapter VI. Financing
Article 18. Sustainable and predictable financing

1. The Parties [shall]/[should] ensure, through existing and/or new mechanisms, sustainable and
predictable financing, while enhancing transparency and accountability, to achieve the objective of the
WHO CA+.
(a) Strengthen and prioritize domestic financing for pandemic prevention, preparedness,
response and health systems recovery, including through greater collaboration between the health,
finance and private sectors, in support of primary health care and universal health coverage;
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(b) Finance, through new or established international mechanisms, regional and global
capacity-building for pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and recovery of health
systems;
(c) Measures to ensure/enhance sustainable, [equitable, fair,] and predictable financing of

global, regional and national systems and tools and global public goods for pandemic prevention,
preparedness, response and recovery of health systems, through existing or new mechanisms,
while avoiding duplication and ensuring synergies, in order to guarantee equitable access to
preparedness financing;
(d) Facilitate rapid and effective mobilization of adequate financial resources, including from
international financing facilities, to affected countries, based on public health need, to maintain
and restore routine public health functions during and in the aftermath of a pandemic response.
Chapter VII. Institutional arrangements
Article 19. Governing body for the WHO CA+ 1

1. A governing body for the WHO CA+ is established to promote the effective implementation of
the WHO CA+ (hereinafter, the “Governing Body”).
2. The Governing Body shall be composed of:
(a) The Conference of the Parties (COP), which shall be the supreme organ of the Governing
Body;
(b) The Officers of the Parties (OP), which shall be the administrative organ of the Governing
Body; and
(c) The Enlarged Conference of the Parties (E-COP), which will include relevant stakeholders
and will provide broad input for the decision-making processes of the COP.
3. The COP, as the supreme policy setting organ of the WHO CA+, shall keep under regular review
the implementation of the WHO CA+ and any related legal instruments that the COP may adopt, and
shall make the decisions necessary to promote the effective implementation of the Convention. The COP
shall:
(a) Be composed of delegates representing Parties;
(b) Convene ordinary sessions of the Governing Body; the first of which shall take place not
later than one year after the date of entry into force of the Convention, at a time and place to be
determined by the WHO Secretariat, with the time and place of subsequent ordinary sessions to
be determined by the COP upon a proposal of the Officers of the Parties;
(c) Convene extraordinary sessions of the Governing Body at such other times as may be
deemed necessary by the COP, or at the written request of any Party, provided that, within 30
1 This and subsequent articles provide a conceptual approach for the governing body for the WHO CA+.
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days of such a request being communicated to the Parties by the Secretariat, it is supported by at
least one third of the Parties; and
(d) Adopt its rules of procedure, as well as those of the other bodies of the Governing Body,
which shall include decision-making procedures. Such procedures may include specified
majorities required for the adoption of particular decisions.
4. The Officers of the Parties, as the administrative organ of the Governing Body, shall:
(a) Be composed of two Presidents and four Vice-Presidents, serving in their individual
capacity and elected by the COP, as well as two rapporteurs elected by the E-COP;
(b) Endeavour to make decisions by consensus; however, if efforts to reach consensus are
deemed by the Presidents to be unavailing, decisions may be taken by voting by the President and
Vice-Presidents.
5. The E-COP, as the polylateral diplomacy venue for encouraging broad input for the decision-
making processes of the COP, shall:
(a) Be composed of delegates representing Parties;
(b) Be composed of representatives of the United Nations and its specialized and related
agencies, as well as any State Member thereof or observers thereto not Party to the CA+;
(c) Be further composed of representatives of any body or organization, whether national or

international, governmental or non-governmental, private sector or public sector, which is
qualified in matters covered by the WHO CA+, and which, upon nomination by any Party, is
supported by a two thirds majority of the COP;
(d) Be subject to the rules of procedure adopted by the COP.
6. The Governing Body may further develop proposals for consideration by the WHO Executive
Board, including to promote coordination between its Standing Committee on Health Emergency
Prevention, Preparedness and Response and the Governing Body for the CA+.
Article 20. Oversight mechanisms for the WHO CA+ 1

1. The Governing Body, at its first meeting, shall consider and approve cooperative procedures and
institutional mechanisms to promote compliance with the provisions of the WHO CA+ and, if deemed
appropriate, to address cases of non-compliance.
2. These measures, procedures and mechanisms shall include monitoring provisions and
accountability measures to systematically address preparedness for, response to, and the impact of
pandemics, by means that include submission of periodic reports, reviews, remedies and actions, and to
1 A number of existing universal international agreements, including the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (198 Parties, including 197 countries and the EU) and Paris Agreement (194 Parties, including 193
countries and the EU), as well as the 1985 Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and its Montreal
Protocol (both having 198 Parties, including 197 countries and the EU), may provide useful sources for mechanisms
regarding oversight, reporting and related processes and bodies for consideration by the INB.
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offer advice or assistance, where appropriate. These measures shall be separate from, and without
prejudice to, the dispute settlement procedures and mechanisms under the WHO CA+.
Article 21. Assessment and review

1. The Governing Body shall establish a mechanism to undertake, four years after the entry into
force of the WHO CA+, and thereafter at intervals and upon modalities determined by the Governing
Body, an evaluation of the relevance and effectiveness of the WHO CA+, and recommend corrective
measures, including, if deemed appropriate, amendments to the text of the WHO CA+.
Article 22. Financial mechanisms and resources to support WHO CA+

1. The Parties recognize the important role that financial resources play in achieving the objective(s)
of the WHO CA+, and the primary financial responsibility of national governments in protecting and
promoting the health of their populations.
2. Each Party shall provide financial support in respect of its national activities intended to achieve
the objective(s) of the WHO CA+, in accordance with its national plans, priorities and programmes.
3. Each Party shall plan and provide financial support in line with its national fiscal capacities for
the effective implementation of the WHO CA+.
4. The Parties shall promote, as appropriate, the use of bilateral, regional, subregional and other
appropriate and relevant multilateral channels to provide funding, for the development and strengthening
of pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and health system recovery programmes of developing
country Parties.
5. The Parties represented in relevant regional and international intergovernmental organizations,

and financial and development institutions shall encourage these entities to provide financial assistance
for developing country Parties and for Parties with economies in transition, to support them in meeting
their obligations under the WHO CA+, without limiting their right to participate in these organizations.
Chapter VIII. Final provisions
Article 23. Reservations

1. No reservations may be made to the WHO CA+.
Article 24. Withdrawal

1. At any time after two years from the date on which the WHO CA+ has entered into force for a
Party that Party may withdraw from the WHO CA+ by giving written notification to the Depository.
2. Any such withdrawal shall take effect upon expiry of one year from the date of receipt by the
Depository of the notification of withdrawal, or on such later date as may be specified in the notification
of withdrawal.
3. Any Party that withdraws from the WHO CA+ shall be considered as also having withdrawn from
any protocol to which it is a Party.
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Article 25. Right to vote

1. Each Party to the WHO CA+ shall have one vote, except as provided for in paragraph 2 of this
Article.
2. Regional economic integration organizations, in matters within their competence, shall exercise
their right to vote with a number of votes equal to the number of their Member States that are Parties to
the WHO CA+. Such an organization shall not exercise its right to vote if any of its Member States
exercises its right, and vice versa.
Article 26. Amendments to the WHO CA+

1. Any Party may propose amendments to the WHO CA+. Such amendments will be considered by
the Governing Body.
2. Amendments to the WHO CA+ shall be adopted by the Governing Body. The text of any proposed
amendment to the WHO CA+ shall be communicated to the Parties by the Secretariat at least six months
before the session at which it is proposed for adoption. The Secretariat shall also communicate proposed
amendments to the signatories of the WHO CA+ and, for information, to the Depository.
3. The Parties shall make every effort to reach agreement by consensus on any proposed amendment
to the WHO CA+. If all efforts at consensus have been exhausted, and no agreement reached, the
amendment shall as a last resort be adopted by a two-thirds majority vote of the Parties present and
voting at the session. For purposes of this Article, Parties present and voting means Parties present and
casting an affirmative or negative vote. Any adopted amendments shall be communicated by the
Secretariat to the Depository, who shall circulate it to all Parties for acceptance.
4. Instruments of acceptance in respect of an amendment shall be deposited with the Depository. An

amendment adopted in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article shall enter into force for all Parties
when adopted by a two-thirds vote and accepted by two-thirds of the Parties in accordance with their
respective constitutional processes.
5. The amendment shall enter into force for any other Party on the ninetieth day after the date on
which that Party deposits with the Depository its instrument of acceptance of the said amendment.
Article 27. Adoption and amendment of annexes to the WHO CA+

1. Annexes to the WHO CA+ and amendments thereto shall be proposed, adopted and shall enter
into force in accordance with the procedure set forth in the WHO CA+.
2. Annexes to the WHO CA+ shall form an integral part thereof and, unless otherwise expressly
provided, a reference to the WHO CA+ constitutes at the same time a reference to any annexes thereto.
3. Annexes shall be restricted to lists, forms and any other descriptive material relating to procedural,
scientific, technical or administrative matters.
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Article 28. Protocols to the WHO CA+ 1

1. Any Party may propose protocols to the WHO CA+. Such proposals will be considered by the
Governing Body.
2. The Governing Body may adopt protocols to the WHO CA+. In adopting these protocols every
effort shall be made to reach consensus. If all efforts at consensus have been exhausted and no agreement
reached, the protocol shall as a last resort be adopted by a two-thirds majority vote of the Parties present
and voting at the session. For the purposes of this Article, Parties present and voting means Parties
present and casting an affirmative or negative vote.
3. The text of any proposed protocol shall be communicated to the Parties by the Secretariat at least
six months before the session at which it is proposed for adoption.
4. States that are not Parties to the WHO CA+ may be Parties to a protocol thereof, provided the
protocol so provides.
5. Any protocol to the WHO CA+ shall be binding only on the Parties to the protocol in question.
Only Parties to a protocol may take decisions on matters exclusively relating to the protocol in question.
6. The requirements for entry into force of any protocol shall be established by that instrument.
Article 29. Signature

1. The WHO CA+ shall be open for signature by all Members of the World Health Organization and
by any States that are not Members of the World Health Organization but are members of the United
Nations and by regional economic integration organizations at the World Health Organization
headquarters in Geneva from [●] [●] 202[●] to [●] [●] 202[●], and thereafter at United Nations
Headquarters in New York, from [●] [●] 202[●] to [●] [●] 202[●].
Article 30. Ratification, acceptance, approval, formal confirmation or accession

1. The WHO CA+ shall be subject to ratification, acceptance, approval or accession by States, and
to formal confirmation or accession by regional economic integration organizations. It shall be open for
accession from the day after the date on which the WHO CA+ is closed for signature. Instruments of
ratification, acceptance, approval, formal confirmation or accession shall be deposited with the
Depository.
2. Any regional economic integration organization which becomes a Party to the WHO CA+ without
any of its Member States being a Party shall be bound by all the obligations under the WHO CA+. In
the case of those organizations, where one or more of its Member States is a Party to the WHO CA+,
the organization and its Member States shall decide on their respective responsibilities for the
performance of their obligations under the WHO CA+. In such cases, the organization and the Member
States shall not be entitled to exercise rights under the WHO CA+ concurrently.
3. Regional economic integration organizations shall, in their instruments relating to formal

confirmation or in their instruments of accession, declare the extent of their competence with respect to
1Nothing in this Article, or other provisions of this conceptual zero draft, is intended to pre-judge the nature or
structure of the final instrument.
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the matters governed by the WHO CA+. These organizations shall also inform the Depository, who shall
in turn inform the Parties, of any substantial modification in the extent of their competence.
Article 31. Entry into force

1. The WHO CA+ shall enter into force on the [thirtieth] day following the date of deposit of the
[fortieth] instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval, formal confirmation or accession with the
Depository.
2. For each State that ratifies, accepts or approves the WHO CA+ or accedes thereto after the
conditions set out in paragraph 1 of this Article for entry into force have been fulfilled, the WHO CA+
shall enter into force on the [thirtieth] day following the date of deposit of its instrument of ratification,
acceptance, approval or accession.
3. For each regional economic integration organization depositing an instrument of formal

confirmation or an instrument of accession after the conditions set out in paragraph 1 of this Article for
entry into force have been fulfilled, the WHO CA+ shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following
the date of its depositing of the instrument of formal confirmation or of accession.
4. For the purposes of this Article, any instrument deposited by a regional economic integration
organization shall not be counted as additional to those deposited by States Members of the
Organization.
Article 32. Provisional application

1. The WHO CA+ may be applied provisionally by a Party that consents to its provisional
application by so notifying the Depository in writing at the time of signature or deposit of its instrument
of ratification, acceptance, approval, formal confirmation or accession. Such provisional application
shall become effective from the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary-General of the United
Nations.
2. Provisional application by a Party shall terminate upon the entry into force of the WHO CA+ for
that Party or upon notification by that Party to the Depository in writing of its intention to terminate its
provisional application.
Article 33. Settlement of disputes

1. In the event of a dispute between two or more Parties concerning the interpretation or application
of the WHO CA+, the Parties concerned shall seek through diplomatic channels a settlement of the
dispute through negotiation or any other peaceful means of their own choice, including good offices,
mediation or conciliation. Failure to reach agreement by good offices, mediation or conciliation shall
not absolve Parties to the dispute from the responsibility of continuing to seek to resolve it.
2. When ratifying, accepting, approving, formally confirming or acceding to the WHO CA+, or at
any time thereafter, a Party may declare in writing to the Depository that, for a dispute not resolved in
accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article, it accepts, as compulsory, ad hoc arbitration in accordance
with procedures to be adopted by consensus by the Governing Body.
3. The provisions of this Article shall apply with respect to any protocol as between the Parties to
the protocol, unless otherwise provided therein.
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Article 34. Depository

1. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall be the Depository of the WHO CA+ and
amendments thereto and of protocols and annexes adopted in accordance with the terms of the WHO
CA+.
Article 35. Authentic texts

1. The original of the WHO CA+, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and
Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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THIRD MEETING OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL

NEGOTIATING BODY TO DRAFT AND NEGOTIATE

Conceptual zero draft for the consideration of

1. The Parties [shall]/[should] adopt a whole-of-government approach for pandemic prevention,

Bold italics indicates the focus of the

BACKGROUND, METHODOLOGY AND APPROACH

Methodology and approach

• Comments from the second meeting of the INB;

CONCEPTUAL ZERO DRAFT FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE

16. Recognizing the synergies between multisectoral collaboration – through whole-of-government

Article 1. Definitions and use of terms

Article 2. Relationship with international agreements and instruments

Chapter II. Objective(s), principles and scope

8. Common but differentiated responsibilities and capabilities in pandemic prevention,

10. Community engagement – Full engagement by communities in prevention, preparedness,

Article 6. Global supply chain and logistics network

2. Towards this end, each Party [shall]/[should]:

(iii) measures to safeguard the humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality,

Article 7. Access to technology: promoting sustainable and equitably distributed

2. Towards this end, each Party [shall]/[should]:

(i) measures to strengthen coordination, including trilateral cooperation among the

(a) measures to incentivise the development of pandemic response products,

(iii) measures to encourage, incentivize, and facilitate participation of private-sector

(iv) measures to support time-bound waivers of protection of intellectual property rights

Article 8. Increase research and development capacities

2. Towards this end, each Party [shall]/[should]:

(b) measures to limit indemnity or confidentiality clauses in commercial

(i) measures to promote the dissemination of the results of publicly and

(ii) measures to promote and strengthen knowledge translation and evidence

(iv) measures related to disclosure of disaggregated information on research and

(ii) recommendations to make it compulsory for companies that produce pandemic

Article 9. Fair, equitable and timely access and benefit-sharing

2. Towards this end, each Party [shall]/[should]:

(i) measures to ensure their equitable distribution, in particular to developing countries

(ii) commitments to facilitate real-time access by all countries to pandemic response

(iii) measures to ensure that laboratories handling pathogens of pandemic potential do so

Chapter IV. Strengthening and sustaining capacities for pandemic prevention,

2. Towards this end, each Party [shall]/[should]:

(ii) measures to build capacities in genomic sequencing, as well as in analysing and

(iii) measures to develop prevention strategies for epidemic-prone diseases, and

(i) measures to strengthen post-emergency health system recovery strategies in order to

2. Towards this end, each Party [shall]/[should]:

(i) measures to support the development of a network of training institutions, national

Article 12. Preparedness monitoring, simulation exercises and peer reviews

2. Towards this end, each Party [shall]/[should]:

(a) Develop and implement comprehensive, inclusive, multisectoral national pandemic

(i) measures to ensure dynamic preparedness capacity assessment is undertaken and

(i) measures to support Parties, particularly in developing countries, to regularly

(e) Implement the recommendations generated from review mechanisms, including

Chapter V. Pandemic prevention, preparedness, response and health system recovery

Article 13. Coordination, collaboration and cooperation

2. Towards this end, each Party [shall]/[should]:

(c) Develop policies that are inclusive;

(i) measures to recognize the specific needs of persons in vulnerable situations,

(ii) measures to promote equitable gender, geographical and socioeconomic status,

Article 14. Whole-of-government and other multisectoral actions

2. Towards this end, each Party [shall]/[should]:

(i) measures to develop, through whole-of-government and multisectoral collaboration,

Article 15. Community engagement and whole-of-society actions

2. Towards this end, each Party [shall]/[should]:

(e) Establish or reinforce and adequately finance an effective national coordinating

Article 16. Strengthening pandemic and public health literacy